kettle-bail

(ket’l-bal), n. A dredge used in taking scallops, having the blade adjusted to swing in the eyes of the arms to prevent it from sinking in the mud. [Rhode Island.] kettle-case (ket’l-kas),”. The Orchis mascula, an early orchis in England. [Proy. Eng. ] kettle-de-benders, See kittly-benders. kettle-dock (ket’1l-dok), ». One of various plants: (a4) Ragwort, Senecio Jacobea. (b) Wild cheryil, Anthriscus sylvestris. (¢) Butter-bur, Pet a sites vulgar is (Tu ilago Pet a sites). (d) Bitter dock, Rumex obtusifolius. kettledrum (ket’l-drum), ». 1. A musical instrument used in military bands and in orchestras, consisting of a hollow bra hemisphere from 24 to 30 inches in diameter, over which is stretched a head of parchment. It is sounded by blows from a soft-headed, elastic mallet or stick. ‘The pitch of the tone is determined by various devices for Kettledrums. adjusting the tension of the head. In orchestral music two or more kettledrums (technically called témpant) are employed, tuned at different pitches, usually at the tonic and the dominant of the piece to be performed. As the pitch may be accurately fixed, kettledrums are much used, in conjunction with other instruments, for emphasizing the rhythm, and for increasing the sonority of the general effect. They are also much used in short solo pa ages; and various experiments have been made, with extended and elaborate effects, with a large number of drums, 620 kettledrum 3278 The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, adjacent to it on the east and west, which is generally Keeps wa ail, and the swaggering up-spring reels; admitted to be the equivalent of the Potsdam sandstone And, as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, of the New York Survey, and of which the so-called Ke- The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out weenawan appears to bea local modification, originated by The triumph of his pledge. Shak., Hamlet, i. 4, 11. intense volcanic action along a line stretching from the extremity of Keweenaw Point in Michigan southwest to A few notes on the trumpet mingled with the occasion beyond the borders of Minnesota, al boom of the kettle-drum. Scott, Old Mortality, vi.